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Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Cooking the Earth.” Physicians for Social Responsibility. PowerPoint. 2009.
Cooking the Earth: Cooking the Earth: Global Warming & Coal Global Warming & Coal
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Coal: Then…Coal: Then…
……Now.Now.
Coal Pollutants: DeadlyCoal Pollutants: Deadly
Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway
Mountaintop Removal: Mountaintop Removal: Environmental DevastationEnvironmental Devastation
Spill of Post-Combustion Spill of Post-Combustion WasteWaste
December 2008December 2008
Coal: Global Warming Coal: Global Warming CulpritCulprit
““Overall… the health Overall… the health effects of a rapidly effects of a rapidly changing climate are changing climate are likely to be likely to be overwhelmingly overwhelmingly negative.” negative.” World Health Organization
The Greenhouse EffectThe Greenhouse Effect
Solar energy passes through
Radiant heat is trapped
Greenhouse gases in atmosphere
Source: Williams DL. Global Warming: The Greatest Threat. Alaska Conservation Solutions, 2006.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Greenhouse Gas Emissions By TypeType
Carbon Dioxide (84.1%)
Methane (8.6%)
Nitrous Oxide (5.1%)
HFCs, PFCs, SF6 (2.2%)
Source: Energy Information Administration. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005.
Truly A Global ProblemTruly A Global Problem
World’s Polar Ice Is World’s Polar Ice Is MeltingMelting
More Heat, Greater More Heat, Greater EvaporationEvaporation
Health Impacts of Global Health Impacts of Global WarmingWarming
European Heat Wave of European Heat Wave of 20032003
Source: NASA
Deteriorating Air QualityDeteriorating Air Quality
Heat + Dirty Fuels => Heat + Dirty Fuels => OzoneOzone
EPA
AP
Hurricane Katrina: Wake-Hurricane Katrina: Wake-up Call?up Call?
Rising Sea Levels, Rising Sea Levels, Submerging LandSubmerging Land
Extreme Precipitation, Extreme Precipitation, FloodingFlooding
Drought in AfricaDrought in Africa
UN
Drought in AmericaDrought in America
Reduced Flow from Reduced Flow from SnowpackSnowpack
Increased Water-Borne Increased Water-Borne DiseaseDisease
Increased Insect-Borne Increased Insect-Borne DiseaseDisease
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Impacts on AgricultureImpacts on Agriculture
Environmental RefugeesEnvironmental Refugees
Choosing a New Energy Choosing a New Energy PathPath
Conserving Energy Conserving Energy
Energy EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency
“There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.”
- Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light
Smart EnergyPoliciesSmart EnergyPolicies
Clean Renewable EnergyClean Renewable EnergyWIND
SOLAR
WAVES and
TIDES
GEOTHERMAL
MEDICAL EMERGENCYMEDICAL EMERGENCY
Mobilizing Health Mobilizing Health ProfessionalsProfessionals
Code Black campaign at Code Black campaign at workwork
Thank You!Thank You!
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012Washington, DC 20009
www.psr.org